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Fresno Community Hospital
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Number of Contributors: 15
WARNING: Does this hospital have less than 25 reviews?
If so, don't let a small sample size bias you.
Subjective reviews below are relayed merely as a partial and incomplete
research tool.
Survey Questions:
- How would you rate its overall value? (“Overall Value”)
- How well equipped was the hospital to handle overweight patients? (“Oversized Equipped”)
- How sensitive was the staff to the needs of overweight patients? (“Oversized Sensitive”)
- How safe did you feel that the hospital was well equipped enough to handle any medical
emergency that might arise during your stay there? (“Multi Security”)
- How much privacy did you feel the hospital gave you? (“Privacy”)
- How responsive did you feel the hospital was in giving you pain medications? (“Pain Medications”)
- How restfully quiet did you find your experience? (“Quiet”)
- How accommodating was the hospital in allowing visitors to see you? (“Visiting”)
- How responsive do you feel the staff was in helping you with your general needs during
your stay? (“Staff Responsive”)
- How would you rate the parking accomodations? (“Parking”)
- How did you select this hospital? (“How Selected”)
- How would you compare this hospital to others that you have been to? (“Competitors”)
- What other comments do you have about this hospital? (“Comments”)
| Posted by: |
Anna V. (Posted on November 13, 2008) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Excellent |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| INS |
| Competitors: |
EXCELLENT |
| Comments: |
WONDERFUL |
| Posted by: |
Mindy S. (Posted on March 3, 2007) |
| Overall Value: |
Very Poor |
Oversized Equipped: |
Very Poor |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Very Poor |
| Multi Security: |
Average |
Privacy: |
Poor |
Pain Medication: |
Very Poor |
| Quiet: |
Very Poor |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Poor |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| Dr. Felix chose it. |
| Competitors: |
I have never had an experience this bad. Ex: Upon coming out of anaesthesia I was told there were no beds for me but that "we'd have more room if it wasn't for all the "fatties" in there." |
| Comments: |
My surgery was far easier than anticipated. Dr. Felix was a master. My hospital experience was horrendous. I had no bed for 48 hours (was kept in post op) an then was given an attitude every time I had to go to the bathroom (I had no catheter and a full out IV in my arm!). The night nurse told me she wanted me to take sleeping pills so she didn't have to help me and the one time I DID ask for pain meds, it took them 45 minutes to respond! HORRIBLE PLACE! I think I would die first before going there again! |
| Posted by: |
Michelle J. (Posted on April 29, 2005) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Good |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| Dr. Gladen was contracting with this facility and they had performed this surgery many times so the nursing staff was very use to dealing with and interacting with obese patients and were awesome!!! |
| Competitors: |
Fresno Community is an older hospital but did not lack in anything important in taking care of my needs during my stay. |
| Posted by: |
Yvonne R. (Posted on September 6, 2004) |
| Overall Value: |
Average |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Average |
| Multi Security: |
Poor |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Poor |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Average |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| I feel my doctor chose it for me. I didn't realize I could have had a better experience at Fresno Surgery Center. At my post op appointment, there was 5 of us there. 3 from Clovis and 2 from Fresno Surger Center. The 3 with bad experiences were from Clovis and the 2 with good experiences were from Fresno Surger Center. |
| Competitors: |
I feel I would have been happier at Fresno Surgery Center. The two girls I talked to had great experiences |
| Comments: |
I was disappointed. They didn't write down correct water intake, so my doctor yelled at me because I wasn't drinking enough water. They didn't listen when I told them my back was hurting during the day. It took the night nurse at midnight to call my doctor to get something because I couldn't sleep. This could have been taken care of during the day. My day nurse was a miserable person and unhappy. She made everyone around unhappy. I was glad to leave. My night nurse was wonderful and I wish he would have been the day nurse because your awake more during the day. |
| Posted by: |
Cece N. (Posted on December 19, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Poor |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Average |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Poor |
| Quiet: |
Poor |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Poor |
| Parking: |
Very Poor |
| How Selected:
| tricare-insurance uses this hosp |
| Competitors: |
They are understaffed putting to much pressure on 1 nurse to care for several patients |
| Comments: |
I really believe the nurses are all great,they just didnt have enough of them,so it made it tough when they were busy and you were in need you had to wait,longer than you should |
| Posted by: |
Debra R. (Posted on October 13, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| insurance |
| Competitors: |
first time cannot compare. |
| Comments: |
Nursing staff was great. I had a very needy and not so considerate roommate. Which made it very hard to sleep. But overall the staff was thoughtful and encouraging. |
| Posted by: |
Bobbie W. (Posted on August 5, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Excellent |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| How Selected:
| I wanted to have my own room. Also they allowed my mom to stay overnight. |
| Competitors: |
Excellent. It dident feel as i was in a hospital, more of a hotel with nurses. |
| Comments: |
Nurses were great they were there at my every beck an call. another thing i liked about Fresno Surgery Ctr was there was fewer pts per nurses. My nurse was only taking care of 3 of us. I felt like she was more available for my needs when they arose. |
| Posted by: |
Deactivated Member (Posted on July 2, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Average |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Average |
| Quiet: |
Poor |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Average |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| Insurance covered it. |
| Competitors: |
I was not happy with the nursing staff and felt pretty much ignored most of the time I was there. |
| Comments: |
It was okay. Not extremely clean, wouldn't cooperate with me when I asked for sugar free diabetic menu for food. Did not walk me enough. |
| Posted by: |
Deactivated Member (Posted on July 2, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Average |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Average |
| Quiet: |
Poor |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Average |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| Insurance covered it. |
| Competitors: |
I was not happy with the nursing staff and felt pretty much ignored most of the time I was there. |
| Comments: |
It was okay. Not extremely clean, wouldn't cooperate with me when I asked for sugar free diabetic menu for food. Did not walk me enough. |
| Posted by: |
Tina P. (Posted on October 24, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
Poor |
Oversized Equipped: |
Very Poor |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Very Poor |
| Multi Security: |
Poor |
Privacy: |
Very Poor |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Very Poor |
Staff Responsive: |
Poor |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| This was the only in-network hospital available to me. |
| Comments: |
My experiences with the nurses was great. I had the same incredible RN during the day for my entire stay. However the nursing assistants were the worst. I almost fell out of bed once when they were taking me to the bathroom (dropped the rail, rolled me over then walked away) and my husband came into the room and caught me. They lacked proper equiptment for MOs such as BP cuffs. I left the hospital bruised from shoulder to elbow on the right side due being forced into a normal size cuff. The NAs never emptied the urine hats and bending over to do this was difficult. It was also not pleasant when you have a roommate. I did follow up with a letter and recieved a phone call from the nursing supervisor. He explained that he was taking action, what he was doing and future precautions/actions that would be taken. I just hope they follow through. |
| Posted by: |
Mary H. (Posted on October 3, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Good |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| How Selected:
| This was the nearest hospital that Dr. Parvez utilized that was approved by my insurance. |
| Competitors: |
The only other hospital I know is Kaweah Delta in Visalia, CA. Run much of the same way, but I feel Fresno Community would benefit by giving patients more space, the rooms are incredably small. They are currently remodeling, so perhaps there will be some changes. |
| Comments: |
Overall, I would recommend the hospital to someone having a gastric bypass surgury, because they have a large amount of bariatric patients treated at the hospital. |
| Posted by: |
Crystal C. (Posted on September 23, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
Average |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Average |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Average |
| Parking: |
Very Poor |
| How Selected:
| It was the hospital that the surgeon I chose performed the procedure at. |
| Competitors: |
I would consider it an above-average facility. I would recommend it to others. |
| Comments: |
The floor that I was on handled mostly bariatric surgery patients, therefore they were very knowlegable about the procedure and the special needs of the patients. |
| Posted by: |
Christina J. (Posted on August 25, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
N/A |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
N/A |
Staff Responsive: |
N/A |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| How Selected:
| Approved by Doctor and HMO. |
| Competitors: |
The nursing staff were very attentive to any issue I may have. I had a room with one other person, but she had tons of visitors... otherwise I would have had a more restful experience. |
| Comments: |
General treatment of bariatric patients is optimal. |
| Posted by: |
Elizabeth T. (Posted on May 2, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
N/A |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Poor |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Good |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| My mother had the same operation at FCH and they were very good to her then so that is why I had the operation there. |
| Competitors: |
Fresno Community Hospital is a very good Hospital. The best in Fresno as far has I am concerned. |
| Comments: |
I like the set up that FCH has and the way that everything was done. If I had a complaint it would be that the rooms are too small and it is hard to get around in them. But I am sure that it is the same in other hospitals. They were very busy but always treated me well. |
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